Resiliency Resources

  1. Cybersecurity Defense In The Water Industry: 3 Steps Utilities Can Take Now 4/14/2025
    Cybersecurity has been in the news in recent years. Steep ransomware demands. Stolen identities, credentials, and intellectual property. And major disruptions to operations around the world. Water and wastewater utilities need to know that they are targets. But some utilities mistakenly think these cyber threats won't impact them.
  2. Double Belts, Double Suspenders: How El Paso Is Implementing Direct Potable Reuse 3/12/2025
    The city of El Paso, TX, has always known that water is precious. After its public utility, El Paso Water, previously piloted a direct potable reuse (DPR) plant to turn agricultural irrigation wastewater into drinking water, the city is now ready to begin construction of a full-scale, 10-MGD DPR facility.
  3. How Can Water Utilities Transition To A 'One Water' Approach? 5 Practical Steps 3/10/2025
    Thinking about adopting the One Water approach? Here are key pointers to get you started.
  4. Keeping Wastewater Facilities Running During A Power Outage 3/10/2025

    Power outages aren’t just a headache for wastewater treatment plants—they’re a direct threat to operations, compliance, and public health.

  5. Water-As-A-Fuel Market For The Future Of Clean Energy 3/6/2025

    The idea of utilizing water as a fuel source has been speculated by scientists, innovators, and researchers from all over the globe, envisioning a world where renewable, green energy can power the planet.

  6. Cybersecurity For The Win: How Water Utilities Can Embrace Digital Technology 3/6/2025

    Water and wastewater system operators are known to be a careful lot. Tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and state agencies — and committed to public health — they cannot afford mistakes. This often results in "tried-and-true" methodologies winning out over innovative solutions, but the incredible upside offered by digital technologies has encouraged a wave of cyber adoption. Almost cruelly, it comes with cyber threats.

  7. Cybersecurity: Defend Your Data To Reap The Rewards Of Going Digital 2/27/2025

    Unlike traditional IT environments that are regularly upgraded, factories can operate with legacy systems that weren’t designed to cope with evolving security threats. Integrating new digital technologies with this existing infrastructure can create complex security landscapes, making vulnerabilities difficult to identify and guard against.

  8. What Should Water Utilities Take Away From The L.A. Wildfires? 1/22/2025

    As Los Angeles struggles with one of the worst wildfires in history, all eyes are on the region’s (and, arguably, the nation’s) water infrastructure. Should California’s water infrastructure have been better prepared to handle the unprecedented demand? Water utilities nationwide are wondering what the turn of events means for them.

  9. The Los Angeles Fires And America's Overwhelmed Water Infrastructure 1/17/2025
    While the destruction the Los Angeles fires wrought to homes, businesses, and livelihoods has understandably garnered most of the attention, the fires are also a reminder of the struggles to recognize and reinvest in the country's water infrastructure.
  10. Nationwide Projects Planned To Strengthen Water Systems And Combat Cyber Threats 1/15/2025
    Water resource issues are of high concern throughout America. A research report presented recently to member of Congress urged immediate attention to America's critical water issues. The report outlined states with the greatest immediate concerns. Not surprisingly, California and Texas topped the list.